Michael Burnett

Michael Burnett (1962-) was an American doctor and Christian missionary from Colorado.

Biography
Michael Burnett was born in Colorado in 1962, and he worked as a doctor before becoming part of a Christian pan-Asian ministry program, where he met his fiancee, Sarah Miller. By 2008, he had made four trips to Burma to provide humanitarian aid (prayer books, medical attention, etc.) to Karen villagers. In 2008, he hired John Rambo to take him and his group of missionaries up the Salween River for their fifth humanitarian trip, and, while he was originally opposed to violence, he was later forced to hire a group of mercenaries to rescue his captured fiancee from the Tatmadaw and even killed a Tatmadaw soldier with a rock to save a mercenary, leaving him in shock. He ultimately survived the journey and reunited with his church group, which then returned home.